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       1             : #ifndef ALIMUONVCLUSTERFINDER_H
       2             : #define ALIMUONVCLUSTERFINDER_H
       3             : 
       4             : /* Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *
       5             : * See cxx source for full Copyright notice                               */
       6             : 
       7             : // $Id$
       8             : 
       9             : /// \ingroup rec
      10             : /// \class AliMUONVClusterFinder
      11             : /// \brief Interface of a cluster finder.
      12             : /// 
      13             : //  Author Laurent Aphecetche
      14             : 
      15             : #ifndef ROOT_TObject
      16             : #  include "TObject.h"
      17             : #endif
      18             : 
      19             : class AliMUONCluster;
      20             : class AliMUONRecoParam;
      21             : class AliMpVSegmentation;
      22             : class AliMUONPad;
      23             : class AliMpArea;
      24             : 
      25           0 : class AliMUONVClusterFinder : public TObject
      26             : {
      27             : public:
      28             :   AliMUONVClusterFinder();
      29             :   virtual ~AliMUONVClusterFinder();
      30             :   
      31             :   /// \todo add comment
      32             : 
      33         288 :   virtual Bool_t NeedSegmentation() const { return kFALSE; }
      34             :   
      35             :   virtual Bool_t Prepare(Int_t detElemId,
      36             :                          TObjArray* pads[2],
      37             :                          const AliMpArea& area);
      38             : 
      39             :   virtual Bool_t Prepare(Int_t detElemId,
      40             :                          TObjArray* pads[2],
      41             :                          const AliMpArea& area,
      42             :                          const AliMpVSegmentation* segmentations[2]);  
      43             :   
      44             :   /// \todo add comment
      45             :   virtual AliMUONCluster* NextCluster() = 0;
      46             :   
      47             :   /** Add a pad to the list of pads to be considered for clustering.
      48             :     Typical usage is to "put-back-in-business" a pad that was part 
      49             :     of a previous cluster (returned by NextCluster) but was externally
      50             :     identified of not being part of that cluster, so it must be reuseable.
      51             :     Might not be implemented by all cluster finders...
      52             :     (in which case it must returns kFALSE)
      53             :     */
      54             :   virtual Bool_t UsePad(const AliMUONPad& pad);
      55             :   
      56             :   /** Specify a couple of charge hints. We call them hints because some
      57             :    clustering need them and use them directly, other cook them before
      58             :    using them, and some others yet simply don't care about them.
      59             :    */
      60           0 :   virtual void SetChargeHints(Double_t /*lowestPadCharge*/, Double_t /*lowestClusterCharge*/) { }
      61             :   
      62          18 :   ClassDef(AliMUONVClusterFinder,0) // Interface of a MUON cluster finder.
      63             : };
      64             : 
      65             : #endif